December 2010, Odyssey 2050 participated in COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico. The short-film was screened to Cancún high school students at the COP 16 Climate Change Village. Award winning Odyssey 2050 graphic artwork from Poland, New Zealand, Armenia, South Korea and Sweden was featured at the event. In the lead up to this conference competitions were held in countries all over the world to have their works represented at the conference alongside Odyssey 2050 and the prize winners from Mexico and Central America were in attendance and exchanged ideas about how to protect the environment. In December 2011, whilst attending COP 17, Odyssey 2050 held workshops with primary, high school and university students in Durban and the film short was shown in the UNFCCC Digital Media Lounge to government negotiators, NGOs and journalists from across the world. In 2012 Odyssey 2050 was represented at COP 18 in Qatar, and also the London Olympics. TEDx Pura Vida Conferences In 2011, British ambassador Tom Kennedy gave a presentation on Odyssey 2050 at the TEDx Pura Vida Conference in San José, Costa Rica generating interest throughout the Spanish speaking world. Later in the year, Ambassadors Sharon Campbell and Chris Campbell gave a sneak preview of the first module of Odyssey 2050 at the TEDx Jóven Pura Vida conference at the Nova Cinema. At these conferences, reaction to the film was positive, and has resulted in competitions being launched for the students who attended the conferences, the winners of which visited Synchro Studios. Odyssey 2050 Time Capsule and Launch of Spanish version of the film On 26 September 2012 in the auditorium of the National Centre for Advanced Technology (CENAT) in San José, Costa Rica, the premiere of the 45 minute Spanish language version of Odyssey 2050 took place. 350 Costa Rican students attended the event and also participated in the launch of the Odyssey 2050 Time Capsule which is housed within the CENAT and will be opened in September 2050. Over 800 messages for the Time Capsule were collected from young people from countries around the world including South Africa, Canada, Spain and Nicaragua. At the event 18-year-old Juan Pablo Alfaro received a special award from Odyssey 2050 and the Costa Rican Ministry of Science for an invention he developed that filters toxic gases emitted from vehicles. Popular Costa Rican television personalities Yiyo and Choche (who also act in the film) helped host